Private citizens surveil hijab-wearing women and challenge their American identity

Evidence

Private citizens also participate in surveilling Muslim women for offending American cultural values when they wear the hijab in public. They are often told to “go back home” by their fellow citizens, an act that contests their claim to an American identity. Muslim women have to defend wearing the hijab to strangers who feel empowered to approach them and question them about their American values. They often have to explain to people that wearing the hijab is a choice—­rather than something forced upon them—­in order to dismiss the assumption that they are oppressed by their faith (Gjelten 2016). — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 77

Categorization

• SEED: The ‘go back home’ remark as a mechanism for contesting citizenship is prime visceral material for the reader’s article on how the fear touches bodies through everyday slights.
• recurring: this claim recurs 5 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: American-born Muslim women are assaulted for being recognizably Muslim; Private citizens surveil hijabi women and recast their dress as un-American — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 415; Citizens surveil hijabi women for supposedly violating American values (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Private citizens surveil hijabi women and recast their dress as un-American #corroborates (0.95) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 415
• Citizens surveil hijabi women for supposedly violating American values #corroborates (0.90)
• Private citizens surveil Muslim religious practice as a threat to American values. #expands (0.85)
• Private citizens surveil Muslim women for cultural transgression and men for security threats #expands (0.75) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 107
• Citizen surveillance targets hijab-wearing women publicly but men privately as suspected terrorists #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 347
• Hijab-wearing Muslim women self-surveil under scrutiny while claiming agency through it #expands (0.50) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 390
• The hijab marks Muslim women instantly and provokes hostile public encounters #expands (0.50)
• Private citizens restrict Muslim women’s mobility by creating hostile public environments. #expands (0.50)
• Hostile public scrutiny becomes internalized as the architecture of Muslim American identity #expands (0.50)
• Removing the hijab is framed as an act befitting American citizenship. #expands (0.45)
• The hostile gaze of fellow citizens pressures women to alter their dress. #expands (0.45)